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I write.

I also draw and cook and read, but writing is the one thing I think about constantly. Even when I'm taking a break and don't want to write, I'm still thinking about doing it. I can go months without drawing and often put off reading things because the urge to write is so strong. I can't not write.

That being said, most of what I write is what is known as fanfiction.

Fanfiction (or fanfic, or just fic, as I usually call it) exists because someone read, or watched, or played something that they enjoyed so much (or liked but found lacking) that they decided to write something of their own using the characters, or in some cases the setting (the Harry Potter fandom has a lot of examples of this). The first things I remember inventing stories for are the Power Rangers and Disney's Aladdin. When I finally started writing my stories down and joined the online fandom presence, my first major fandom was for USA's television show Psych. Currently, I'm head over heels for the Avengers films.

I've dabbled in original writing; I tried NaNoWriMo a couple years ago and got 10K out of it, but nothing resembling a story before the lure of my fanfic smothered any interest I had in finishing the challenge. I started a novel a few years before that, but never really had a plot, just a huge cast of characters I had lukewarm feelings for and a series of violent action scenes. I've even tried journaling a few times, but I get so bored of hearing myself say nothing. I've considered writing a blog in the past, but I could never think of a topic that I thought I'd be able to maintain interest in.

Then the other day I realized the one thing I have an almost obsessive interest in (aside from writing fanfic) is the craft of writing. I have two full shelves of books dedicated to learning to write. When I go to a bookstore, I beeline for the writing section. I love trying to improve my writing and talking about writing and reading about writing.

I know there are tons of blogs about writing out there, but most of them are focused on novels or articles. I want to create a writing blog for the fanfic writers about the craft of writing fanfic.

This is that blog.